GORAKHPUR, Feb. 10 -- Taking a dig at the Samajwadi Party (SP) over allegations of electoral malpractice in the Milkipur assembly by-election, cabinet minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) president Om Prakash Rajbhar questioned the party's shifting stance on the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Addressing the media at the circuit house in Gorakhpur on Sunday morning, Rajbhar criticised SP leaders for casting doubts on the EC's credibility only when results did not go their way. "When they win, the elections are fair. When they lose, the same commission becomes unfair. What kind of logic is this?" he said.

Rajbhar noted that ruling parties generally secure victories in by-elections and claimed that SP had been on the bac...